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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1911)
. Kf Vff - " DRY GOODS AND SHOES , - * * During the next two jweeks we will closeout V out at COST all our Dry Goods and Shoes. These will be busy days at our * * ; store. Corne early and make your se = lections from- our stock. We handle ; Groceries and buy Produce. VALENTINE QEiOGRAT I. M. RICE - ' Editor and Propr. Mark Zarr , Foreman. . A Weekly ewspaper published every Tliurs day at Valentine , Nebras. * . . " ' , " . Subscription - . § 1,150 Pof Year Local Notices , 5c per line per issue Entered at the rostofflee at Valentine , for transmission through the mails , as sccoad class matter. Thursday , February 23 , 1911. A woman of Valentine has an old hen sitting on a doo.r knob and the woman thinks the old hen is trying to hatch out a hotel. Good- n3ss knows Valentine needs a ho tel but we're afraid the old hen has missed her calling. The wom an misses her cackling. " To the Public : > * " ' * ' * i It is refreshing indeed to sit , these times , in an audience and witness.a real effort to do justice to a play you have paid to see. "Sweetest Girl in Dixie" was ex ceedingly well rendered here last night , Nov. 17. A play full of .genuine merit. Each part highly satisfactory. The band and orch estra is worth all ray patrons paid to see the show. Don't pass this company up. Kespectfully , . , R. BUCHANAN , Mgr. Maxwell ( la. ) Theatre. At Quigley's opera house March ' ' J 7 , 1911. -St. Nichols Church. > Services will- beheld at the Catholic church as follows : - In Valentine , on" Sunday Feb. 26. ' 1st mass at S a. m. "V , 2nd mass at 10 a. m. Benediction ot the Blessed Sac- ramentafter mass. Instruction for the children at 3 p. m. In Neczel , Sunday , March 5th. Leo M. BLAERE , Kector. ' 'C. P. Hamar died last night af ter a short illness , though in fail ing health the past few weeks. He was born near Muncie. IncL , May 16 , 1835 , was married to Sarah E. Williams June 13 , 1858 , came to. Cass county in 1S78 , anid to Cherry county m 1883. He leaves a widow and five children. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Presbyterian church. Presbyterian Church. J. 31. CALDWEEL , D. D. , PASTOll Preaching morning and evening. , Morning subject : "The Trans- .figuration of ChristV ; evening , "The Greatest Element of Pow- - , Other services as usual. i ; All cordially invited. Every family has need of a good , rc- liabte liniment. For sprains , bruises , - soreness of the muscles and rheumatic pains there is none better than Cham fcerlain's. ' Sold by Chngman/ drug * , s. ' -School Notes. The second room will give Washington-Lincoln program Fri day at 3p. m. - , - \ - * . - ' The , stories of Lincoln by the 2nd and 3rd grades 'the past weet were very good. x ' * " Wilma Corbin was absent one- half day on account of a fall which injured her- face and caused s swollen eye. Robert Garrett is out of the 3rd room this week on account of ill ness. ' . , , . The 5th grade will debate Fri day at 3 p. m. on the Washington- Lincoln question. The debaters are Genevie Christensen , Zeta Haley and Irene Clarkson on the affirmative , and Kerwin Chapman , Gerald Boyer and Bessie Salmon on the negative. Cyrus and Byron Dowell enter ed the 1st grade Tuesday. s : . Anew -primary .class will be 'started on Monday , March 6th. 'Parents desiring .to have their children begin school at this time should see that they are here the first day and come regularly. When you decide your child is to enter school at this time please also decide that you will send him regularly. Nothing is more an noying and discouraging to pupil , class and teacher than -irregular attendance. ' ' Chancellor A very 'of the State University appointed Supt. Bet- tenga a delegate to the Nebraska Conservation Congress , which meets in Lincoln this week. Prof. Gregory , inspector of normal training high schools in Nebraska , was with us all day Tuesday inspecting the work done in e.very grade. He found every department in .a flourishing con dition "and will give u flattering report of the word done by each teacher. He. also stated the Val- en tine corps or teachers was one of the strongest in the state. The 1st inter-high school de bate in the state this year was held at Gordon last Friday be tween the Chadron and Gordon scliools. . decision of the judges was two to one in favor of the affirmative ( Gordon ) . Hon. Weston of Hay Springs , Supt. Eeimund of Crawford and Supt. Bettenga of Valentine were the judges. Harold Dunn is attending the Salem ( Ore. ) high school. Grace Fast of the junior class left for her home at Johnstown because , of the illness of her brother. Hearing on Classification. Lincoln , Fob ; 22. The Nebraska state railway commission has issued notice that a public hearing- will be hold in the office of the Nebraska state railway commission ip Lincoln , March 14 , for the purpose of consider ? ing a general revision of the \vestcrii Classification No. 44 , now effective on Nebraska intrastate shipments , or thp , adoption of an entirely new clas'sificaj j ' tiori. to be known as the Nebraska classification No. 1. i l E NEXT Usual Onslaught on Treasury 'ill'Soon ' Be Made. - Lincoln , Feb. 22. After the legisla ture disposqs of the initiative and ref erendum , capital removal , county op tion , prohibition , railroa'd , insurance and stock yards bills and some minor measures , .it will be confronted with appropriation- bills that may amaze those members who have been preach ing economy in campaigns. The usual onslaught on the treasury , regardless of the income of the state , will soon be made. Already a few of the large appropriation bills have passed the house. Two years ago the legislature , appropriated a total of $5,203 , 754.19. This was the latest arrount ever giv en by any legislature for the support of the state government for a period of two years. The indications now are that this legislature will appropriate § 6,000,000 or $7,000,000. The amount given two ROBERT H. HOLMES. 4. , years ago proved to be too small. At this time , the penitentiary , soldiers' home at Grand Island , soldiers' home i at Milford and tbe industrial school for boys at Kearney are practically out of funds and deficiency claims will' pile up between now and the 1st : p'f April , when new ; "appropriations lie- come available. , . . V For tbe first time the ' ex penses of the state for the next two years are smaller than the estimated income of the state. The estimated expenditures. ; including about $400,000 for new buildings , are $7,048,948.45 , while the estimated income for- the same period is $7,352,847.89. Since these figures were placed before tbe j legislature , more new buildings and j new institutions have been asked for in different parts of the state. The ! current expenses of the state are con stantly increasing , but if the "legisla ture is careful with tbe people's mon- j ey the income of the state will be suf ficient to meet expenses and to build many new buildings. Most of the ex penses of the state are paid from the general fund and the income for this fund for the next two years will not .exceed § 4,675,000. Of that amount , r $3,132,252 is the estimated amount of general fund taxes to be1 derived frqm. the levies or 1911 and 1912. The cry of economy has barely been raised during the present session of the leg islature , except in regard to the most insignificant items of expense. As a rule the most noise is made in regard to little items and the least over "the big expendituras. Those who may pose later as watchdogs of the pep- pie's money have not thus far been Leard from in the legislative halls. Excepts Newspapers. The senate threw a bouquet to the newspapers of Nebraska by excepting them from the provisions of S , F , 54 , by Eartling. a bill to suppress all free gift enterprises. Whether or not the Newspapers desire to be in the ex- pepted class was not divulged in de bate , The bill is intended to sup press trading stamp gift enterprises. It makes it unlawful to offer to give anything of value in consideration for the purchase of any article qr thing , but as amended in the senate it excepts cepts manufacturers or retailers whq sell original packages containing prizes or certificates calling for prizes p.nd redeemable by the manufacturer , find PlsQ excepts newspaper subscription , - tion contests. The bill as originally drawn was prepared by the NebrasUs Retail Dealers' association. Scheele ls Seated , After the presentation of three re- forts of the house committee on priv ileges end elections upon the Scheele- Wertman contest the house by a vote of 54 to 43 adopted the mpjprity report - port , signed by the sire wet Democrats of the committee , in favor of Heijr.v Scheele , the present holder of the seat from the Twentyninthdistrict in Seward - ard county. Stock Yards a Live Issue. The anti stock yards bill introduced by OJlis of Valley in the senate is now on tha general file and'will be discussed this week. The bill places the stock yards under control of the state railvav commission , the coyrnis- sion to have power to malce rates and to value the property of slofib yarflsi i Attorney Frank T. Hansom , represent Ing the Union Stock Yards compan : of South Omaha , argued before tb < senate committee on live stoclc am grazing that there was no need of Ics islation of the kind in the hill , bu his argument did not convince thre : of the five committeemen. Ever ] year a measure to regulate stocl yards comes before the legislature No amendments to the present law fix ing charges for fceci and the time limit for unloading stock have beer made for many years. The Ollis bil is one" ot" the many measures used ir the legislature as a center for los rolling or vote trading. Governor Aroused. The trading of votes , which is ap parent In the legislature , promises tc become more of a scandal than evei on account of the many important bills used for trading purposes. Gov' ernor Aldrich has issued an emphatic warning to the legislature that bills should be discussed and acted on upon their merits. He intimates that the first hill which he thinks has been "log rolled" will meet with a veto at his hands. The governor did not send ihe legislators a special message , but he lectured the members in a speech which he delivered in Lincoln before the Young Men's Republican club on the occasion of Lincoln's birthday. Death by Hanging. The biennial attempt to induce the legislature to abolish capital punish ment failed in the house when that body turned down an anti-capital pun ishment bill by a vote of 45 to 22. The Nebraska law is considered one of the bestof its kind , because it permits juries in trials for first degree mur der to say whether or not the prisoner shall be punished by life imprison ment or by death. Only in rare in stances do juries order the death pen alty inflicted. Prohibition Bill. Gait of Clay introduced the first pro hibitory measure in the legislature. His bill was presented in the house last week , following close upon the heels of a bill introduced in ths senate by Reagan of Douglas to permit li censing boards in cities over 5,000 inhabitants to extend the hours or closing saloons not later than mid night when so petitioned by over 50 per cent of the voters of a city. These bills coming soon after the defeat oi county option in the senate make the legislators sit up and take notice that the liquor question is still a live one before the legislature. Two years ago the daylight saloon law was passed the last day of the session , much to the surprise of many. 'Some such a surprise is looked for at llie closa of the present session. Initiative and Referendum. The senate , after much turmoil , passed an initiative and referendum bill. The house considered a housa bill without waiting for the senate bill to arrive , but the discussion led to nothing and the attempt to con form to the. senate amendments was abandoned. The leaders propose , to pass the bill precisely as it came from the senate , although such party lead ers as Chris Gruenther and Arthur Mullen ( Dem. ) have published open letters denouncing some of the pro visions of the bill. The bill as amended in ths senate provides for a 10 per cent petition to initiate and a 5 per cent petition to refer. The same provisions in the bill ns to the initiative and referendum ap plies to the constitution and to laws. Straight party votes are not to be counted for or against propositions submitted under the terms of the bill. A majority of the votes cast at an eleqtion if ? nil that ! s necessary to carry a proposition submitted under the bill , . ' provided a proposition re ceives 35 per cent of the total vote cast at the plection. To Raise Cour.ty Salaries. An effort is being made by nearly every county officers' association in the state to obtain the passage of bills raising salaries. , of county officers. This effort is meeting with considera ble resistance in the legislature , How- Rver , the senate has started 3. F. S on its way. This is a bill to increase the ealariqs of county superintendent These officers receive less pay than other county officers and the move mant to Increase sa'aries intends to push ths county superintendents bill before other salaries are discussed. The State Watchdog. Land Commissioner E. B. Cowles , chairman of the state board of public lands and buildinrs , Is called the watchdog of the treasury so far as al lowing claims for supplies for state institutions arc concerned. Recently he discovered thr.t Dr. Bater , the former superintendent of the Hastings asylum. , had bought strawberries , salted almonds.candy end other deli cacies in the face of an order from Jilr. Cowles that strawberries should not be bought in tha winter-time for officers and their families at state in stitutions. Land Commissioner Cowles. refused to allow the state to pay $37.31 of the bill presented by groeerymen pind confectioners at Hastings. Now Co.mmis ipner Gowles has blacklisted $118.85 worth Q.f high priced meats bought at the Hastings asylum for tne use of officers of the institution. The purchases were made shortly before Ir. Baxter returned from the institu tion and started on a trip to Europe. The beard did not give the superin tendent permission to buy the meat and the bill wjll not be paid by the state. The state buys cattle , which are slaughtered a.t the institution , and the meat is kept in a large cold stor age plant owned by the state , and the Ft.ate's meat is supposed to be as good is an > body's meat. Holme ? of Douglas introduced a bill in the hQuse providing that the' fire [ tnd polifie board of Omaha shall b § appointed by the mayor and shall bo nonpartisan.r . - ; - * j Finished and find we are overstocked on some lines of Farm Implements which we will close out at lowest prices. , We believe that there will be an advance in the price of Lumber and advise our cus tomers to build while it is cheap. A com plete line of Posts , Barb Wire and Staples "fchat we are selling exceptionally cheap. You will save money and be assured of getting the best quality by purchasing of us. An examination of our Lumber will convince you that we carry the largest - stock of the best grade and at lowest prices. LUDWIG LUMBER CO BILLIARD HALL Cigars and Soft Drinks JOHN G. STETTER - PROP. Stage Line- u . . . - . D. A. WHIPPLE , Propr , * Valentine Headquarters at the Chicago House / Rosebud " " " Rosebud Hotel Leave Valentine at 8 o'clock every morning , - Sundays excepted. , Arrive at Kosebud at 2 o'clock p. m. , * * , . . Leave Eosebud at 8 o'clock every morning ; Sundays excepted. Arrive Yalentine at 2 o'clock p. m. Dinner at Britt at 11 o'clock a. m. _ , Special attention to passengers , baggage and express or packages. Leave orders at headquarters or at the Eed Front store. D. A. Whipple. Higii Court Hands Dcwn Opin ions on Important Questions. MONEY ONLY FOR A a TICKETS , Officials , of Naval Stores Company Granted New Hearing of Their Con viction of Violations of Sherman Anti-Trust Law. "Washington , Feb. 21. Not for years have so many far-reaching principles relating to interstate commerce been u.pproved by the supreme court of the United States , as were established in its decisions as the unquestioned law of the land. Decisions on severai other difficult questions also were an nounced. That the pass-snger has no right to buy tickets with services , advertising , releases or property , nor can the rail road company buy services , advertis- Jui ? , releases or property with trans portation. That a law regulating the size of crews on trains within the state which is not an obstruction to interstate com merce , but is rather enacted in aid of interstate commerce , may be passed by a state for the public safety. That the supreme court will review the validity of an- order of the inter- Etate commerce commission even though the two-year limitation on the llie. ' of the orqer has expired. That n railway system may not es- pspe regulation as an instrument of interstate commerce because one of its constituent parts is a wharfage company and its dominating power over tiie wharfage company rests in the fart that it is a holding company. That the interstate commerce com mission does not possess the power to reduce a rate "unjust and unrea sonable" merely because the rate is some- circumstances ; as 'm cass wnei'j 'rair.ti ; 3 fnatice shippers to enter the field by offering rates so law as to bo unremunerative and later increases the rates. The court mrther held constitutional a state statute providing that no. con tract of relief , benefit or insurance should be a bar to the right of a rail road employee engaged in the opera tion of a railroad to sue the employer for damages resulting from injuries re ceived in the course of his employ ment. The mayor and several councilmen of Clay Center , Kan. , were held in contempt , but excused from punish ment with the payment of costs , be cause they destroyed the subject mat ter of a litigation before the supreme court after its decision was announced , but before the mandate had been is sued or time given for a motion for re hearing. The famous boycott case brought in the local courts by the Bucks Stove p.nd Ram < e company of St. Louis against the American Federation of Labor was formally dismissed. The officials of the Naval Stores company were granted a review of their conviction of alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust law. STUDENTS VISITSTOCKYARDS Two Hundred Nebraska Aggies Spend Day at South Omaha. South Omaha , Feb. 18. Two hun dred students of the short course at the Nebraska , agricultural college , Lin coln , spent a day at the stock yards here , seeing practical demonstrations of everything which concerns the marketing and handling of live stock at the yards and packing houses. ThiF is an annual advantage which the students enjoy and learn in one day things about the live stock indus try which it would take several yesrs for them to learn as individuals and in the ordinary course of events. They were the guests of the Union Stock Yards company and the big. packers. Before the day was over th6j had seen every p'tep from the time the stock arrives from the farm until it is ready for the markets as food.
